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An image here of Thomas and Lucy at their house, 2014.... wearing the KV t-shirts we'd gifted them!

Deeply saddened to report that Thomas Rengma, wildlifer, environmentalist, and above all a great human being from Nagaland, passed away on 27 January 2017. Another very untimely death. Thomas was with the Tourism Dept there. Kalpavriksh first encountered him about 30 years back, and several times in the last few years on our trips to the state in relation to community conservation or communitisation. Incredibly helpful, always willing to go out of his way to help us arrange things, welcoming us to his (and his partner Lucy's) house, and much else. You will be missed, Thomas

Just heard that Anupam Mishra passed away this morning, 19 December 2016. Very very sad; for the social, ecological movements in India, a big loss. Anupamji quietly did some of the most amazing work on traditional water harvesting systems, and much else; in this and in his gentleness, his insistence on speaking Hindustani, his unwillingness to seek the limelight, his simple lifestyle, and his Gandhian strength of conviction, he was an inspiration for many of us. In the late 1970s and early 1980s he was a major influence on those of us just starting our interest in environmental and social issues; he encouraged us when we were starting Kalpavriksh, including readily agreeing to host a meeting of some stalwarts from movements like Chipko that we wanted to organise. I am expressing all this in very inadequate ways, for the contribution of people like Anupamji simply cannot be expressed fully in words. Rest in peace, Anupamji.

“If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them something more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through it” Read Onto know what Kalpavrish attempts to leave for future generations

Open letter to, Shri Anil Madhav Dave (Minister of State, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change): Request to ensure that the FRA is implemented and its integrity upheld – as a vital measure for conservation.